Contacting Celebrities

July 28, 2004 10:08 AM

OK, so a friend wants to contact a celebrity's publicist / representation. He wants to send some photos taken of him with the celebrity that he promised to send when he got them developed. How can somebody find out who represents a celeb? He'd probably be willing to call around, if he just knew what kinds of people to call...do you just ring up the Walter Morris Agency and ask who represents so-and-so?
posted by taumeson to Media & Arts (15 answers total)

imdb-pro (the subscriber service) lists contacts/agents. i believe you can do a free trial for the subscriber service, but i'm not sure. (i do not know anyone with a subscription to imdb-pro, or i'd offer to find out for you).
posted by crush-onastick at 10:15 AM on July 28, 2004

There's a good chance you can find the answer on Who Represents, if the celeb in question is Hollywood-based.
posted by headspace at 10:50 AM on July 28, 2004

Up until a few months ago, you could have went to whorepresents.com, but (alas) they are now a subscriber site.

That probably leaves you with the option of phoning the Actor's Guild.
posted by RavinDave at 10:53 AM on July 28, 2004

I'll bet said celeb's official website probably has some sort of mention of representation somewhere (although it could be pretty buried).
posted by briank at 11:12 AM on July 28, 2004

I know this tags me forever as impossibly juvenile...

But I love the way "Who Represents" reads as "whore presents" when you see it as the URL.

But then, I also used to giggle over the self-reviewing name of the old DTP program, "Publish It."
posted by baltimore at 11:18 AM on July 28, 2004

Call the celeb's union guild. If they're an actor, call SAG, if they're a director, the DGA, a writer, WGA. Then simply asks for their reps contact information. I've done this many times. It's free, fast, and simple.
posted by dobbs at 11:24 AM on July 28, 2004

Seconding the SAG recommendation and the IMDB Pro recommendation.

Baltimore - If you like that, you'll love the antiques exchange URL.
posted by willpie at 12:46 PM on July 28, 2004

I had a link to a site that listed celebs and the campaign contributions they made and they had their agents listed as their addresses. But damn if I can't find that link now!!
posted by archimago at 1:33 PM on July 28, 2004

Is Walter Morris William's brother?
posted by Sinner at 3:45 PM on July 28, 2004

I'm glad I'm not the only one giggling at whorepresents.
posted by freebird at 3:45 PM on July 28, 2004

I'm glad I'm not the only one giggling at whorepresents.

ditto
posted by rorycberger at 4:04 PM on July 28, 2004

Pat Kingsley (PMK) represents a lot of the heavyweights--you could try them.
posted by amberglow at 5:49 PM on July 28, 2004

Or you could mention who the celeb is, because there is a chance that a MeFite might know. Or know someone who knows. Or something like that.
posted by Dreama at 10:05 PM on July 28, 2004

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posted by taumeson at 10:06 AM on July 29, 2004

You could try HBO or the production company that makes his show...
posted by billsaysthis at 10:41 AM on July 29, 2004